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December 05, 2005
Time Shifting and Satellite radio
Looks like the RIAA is posturing about recording songs over the radio and how new technologies impact the long-standing rights of recording and fair use.
Just came across this article from TWICE regarding Sirius, XM, and new tuner/recorder devices from Dell and Samsung.
And Sean Ryan, ex-CEO of Rhapsody, says about the record labels: "Expanding the legal fight to other sectors - e.g. satellite radio rates and time shifting may be the next big battle".
The laws are very clear about what is permitted, and what isn't. Replay Radio, Replay Music, and WM Recorder/RM Recorder all obey fair-use guidelines, but they do push the envelope. Our upcoming Replay A/V program will do some even more amazing things, such as allow for virtually unlimited recording of multiple radio stations simultaneously. (Replay A/V will be the only product that can do this with Windows Media, Real and MP3 streams).
If you're into media, these are exciting times.
Posted by Bill Dettering at December 5, 2005 12:01 AM | Technorati Tags: media time-shifting xm tivo radio recording DMCA DRM RIAA Sirius
Comments
RIAA, MPAA, Microsoft, and the rest of the media robber barons will not stop until "fair use" is dead, "public domain" is dead, and they can control when, where, and how anyone can view/listen anything ever created. And they are more than willing to twist our legal system into pretzels to get there.
Our legislator Quislings seem happy to take the money and smile, more's the pity. It will get much worse before it gets better.
Posted by: Brandon Blackmoor at December 20, 2005 02:36 PM